12S28 Mount Merapi

MOUNT MERAPI

- Active stratovolvano

- Located on border between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

- Located approximately

- 25 October 2010 the Indonesian government raised the alert for Mount Merapi to its highest level and warned villagers in threatened areas to move to safer ground.

- 500 volcanic earthquakes had been recorded on the mountain over the weekend of 23–24 October.

- On the afternoon of 25 October 2010 Mount Merapi erupted lava from its southern and southeastern slopes.

EFFECTS
 * 1) Avalanche
 * 2) White plumes
 * 3) Pyroclastic hot air flows
 * 4) Air travel disruption
 * 5) Lava dome deformation

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